Seventy-Eighth Chapter
Tao Te-Ching
Nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water.
But for attacking the hard and the unyielding,
nothing can surpass it.
The weak overcomes the strong:
The soft surpasses the hard.
In the entire world, there is no one who does not know this,
but no one can master the practice.
Therefore the sage remains serene in the [...]
Seventy-Seventh Chapter
Tao Te-Ching
Way of the Tao is like the drawing a bow.
The high is lowered, the low is raised.
When it is excessive, it reduces.
When it is insufficient, it supplements.
The mankind is the opposite:
It reduces the deficiency and supplements the surplus.
It strips the needy to serve those who have too much.
Only the one who has [...]
Seventy-Sixth Chapter
Tao Te-Ching
A man is born tender and weak.
At his death he is stiff and hard.
All things, including the grass and trees are tender and supple in life;
dry and brittle in death.
Therefore stiffness is a companion of death;
flexibility a companion of life.
An army that cannot yield will be defeated.
A tree that cannot bend will [...]